Chapter 15: Nervous System Flashcards
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Ton/o
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Tension
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Cerebr/o
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Cerebrum
2
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Ventricul/o
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Ventricle (heart of brain)
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-taxia
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Order, coordination
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Uni-
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One
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Lept/o
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Thin, slender
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Kinesi/o
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Movement
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Thalam/o
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Thalamus
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-plexy
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Stroke
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Hemi-
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One half
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-trophy
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Development, nourishment
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Syn-
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Union, together, joined
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Menig/o, meningi/o
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Meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)
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-algesia, -algia
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Pain
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Para-
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Near, beside, beyond
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Pachy-
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Thick
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Contra-
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Against
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Crani/o
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Cranium (skull)
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-asthenia
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Weakness, debility
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Myel/o
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Bone marrow, spinal cord
20
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-esthesia
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Feeling
21
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Narc/o
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Stupor, numbness, sleep
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-kinesia
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Movement
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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-lepsy
Seizure
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Dendr/o
Tree
26
Lex/o
Word, phrase
27
Encephal/o
Brain
28
Sthen/o
Strength
29
Thec/o
Sheath (usually refers to meninges)
30
-paresis
Partial paralysis
31
Radicul/o
Nerve root
32
-phasis
Speech
33
-plegia
Paralysis
34
Gangli/o
Ganglion (knot or knot-like mass)
35
Gli/o
Glue, neuroglial tissue
36
CNS
Central nervous system
37
CP
Cerebral palsy
38
CVA
Cerebrovascular accident
39
CSF
Cerebrospinal fluid
40
EEG
Electrocephalogram
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LOC
Loss of consciousness
42
ICP
Intracranial pressure
43
EMG
Electromyography
